This session was given by Susan Gibbons, River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester.
Growing rhetoric about being ‘Student-Centered.’
So how do we become student centered.
Lots of resources out there to help us understand these students… lots from EDUCAUSE.
They did a study where they looked at all the user groups on campus and then make decisions about what [...]
I have always been very interested in mobile computing. I think it stems from my early years of Franklin Covey daytimers… then the old black and white PDA, then the PocketPC and now my blackberry. I use my blackberry for everything… including watching some movies in the airplane on my way out… so… [...]
I heard about SharePoint last year as a way to share content among each other. I know we have a campus agreement with Microsoft right now and as far as I know, all we need to do is enable this option on our servers. I am hoping that if I know more about [...]
I came across Zotero about 6 months ago and thought it looked very promising. I installed it then, but have rebuilt my computer several times since then and lost it in one of the rebuilds. When I saw this session I decided I had better check it out again. It looks like [...]
There are some handouts (PowerPoint, Teacher Handout, Student Handout) are available here. You should really check these out, especially if you are charged with teaching others about social bookmarking.
A very interesting title… think about it. How can social bookmarking help students screen and use resources online to helping scholars collaborate about things that [...]
Stacey Kizer, EdD Doctoral Student at Pepperdine University.
I chose this session because it is supposed to be about “Best practices in developing, sharing, and using course content online
through wikis, blogs, podcasting, RSS feeds, and social bookmarking.” These are all new Web 2.0 technologies that I already work quite a bit with. I am [...]
Joanne Berg, Lori Berquam, and Kathleen Christoph. I decided to attend this session because students are using this technology. I am a firm believer that any technology that students are using we should at least take a look at.
This is a part of students life… the is the number one [...]
I came in a little late and unfortunately missed the opening discussion, but we split into groups and discussed issues that confront instructional technologist at each of our tables. Here are the themes that came up.
What is an instructional technologist? instructional technology?
Instructional technologies are a diverse group encompassing faculty, staff, and students.
Need a comprehensive [...]
So I have seen this little icon called Microsoft Groove running in my system tray for months now. I tried to figure it out once, but didn’t get to far. When I saw this session I decided I would figure out exactly what was going on!
What is Groove? Groove allows you to [...]
Using Video Streaming and Podcasting to Design Rich-Media Online Courses by Diane Zorn.
Goal is not to replicate classroom experience in an online course.
Course instructors are more like facilitators or Coaches. … All the course content is available online.
Teachers done have the control they think they have…
She uses MediaSite.com for her lessons. (Does anyone know [...]